{"id":412,"date":"2009-12-29T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/2009\/the-story-so-far\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:15:00","slug":"the-story-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/the-story-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The story so far&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobDymH4ZI\/AAAAAAAAAhc\/AHBJjP0HcPg\/s1600-h\/100_7165-715499.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420674853429043602\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobDymH4ZI\/AAAAAAAAAhc\/AHBJjP0HcPg\/s320\/100_7165-715499.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>How has your Christmas week been so far?<\/p>\n<p>Ours has been a mix of the beautiful and the exhausting.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful:\u00a0 parties, people, food, gifts, mystery, contemplation, carols, cups of tea with friends, gatherings, singing, dancing, being together, hugs, kisses, hand-holding, snuggling under fleecy blankets, candlelight, watching great films and funny programmes, talking about the future.<\/p>\n<p>Exhausting: tidying, clearing, picking stuff up, cleaning, tantrums, tiredness, things out of place, things without a place, stuff, noise, break of rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, its good to see that the beautiful list is longer than the exhausting one!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobExZwbkI\/AAAAAAAAAhs\/4YVxSDA1TEM\/s1600-h\/100_7191-718913.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420674870288608834\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobExZwbkI\/AAAAAAAAAhs\/4YVxSDA1TEM\/s320\/100_7191-718913.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday was my birthday and it was filled with lovely moments. A walk on a frosty Tooting Common to feed the ducks on a blue sky day with my family (can anyone tell me the name of the big birds in the tree I snapped?),<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobESqDZWI\/AAAAAAAAAhk\/zXwjhmr2CJw\/s1600-h\/100_7180-717507.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420674862035461474\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobESqDZWI\/AAAAAAAAAhk\/zXwjhmr2CJw\/s320\/100_7180-717507.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobFH0ghhI\/AAAAAAAAAh0\/PjmDTuwrLAM\/s1600-h\/100_7198-720393.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420674876306392594\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobFH0ghhI\/AAAAAAAAAh0\/PjmDTuwrLAM\/s320\/100_7198-720393.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>An hour in the Champagne Bar at Harvey Nichols with my beloved\u00a0 (those bubbles have magic in them, they do!)<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobFrxqPQI\/AAAAAAAAAh8\/KTRNDuC_qFc\/s1600-h\/100_7210-722045.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420674885958122754\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_qsoYm16IPZk\/SzobFrxqPQI\/AAAAAAAAAh8\/KTRNDuC_qFc\/s320\/100_7210-722045.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Being sung Happy Birthday to by my kiddies, with candles on the cake they made with their dada (an artists palette and paintbrush, Isabella&#8217;s idea). Good good friends round in the evening, sharing food and wine and their favourite tracks. Love it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, dreaming of the freshness of the new year, plotting and planning my intentions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has your Christmas week been so far? Ours has been a mix of the beautiful and the exhausting. Beautiful:\u00a0 parties, people, food, gifts, mystery, contemplation, carols, cups of tea with friends, gatherings, singing, dancing, being together, hugs, kisses, hand-holding, snuggling under fleecy blankets, candlelight, watching great films and funny programmes, talking about the future. 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